Plains All American Pipeline

Oil production near the Santa Barbara coast is ramping back up. A Texas-based oil company announced it started selling oil through the same pipeline system tied to the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill.

A legal battle over Central Coast oil pipelines is escalating, as California's attorney general now accuses the federal government of helping an oil company sidestep state law.

On the 10th anniversary of the Refugio Oil Spill, environmental groups are hosting a paddle-out this weekend to protest efforts to restart the pipeline.

The state Fire Marshal has signed off on a waiver that was a key hurdle in reopening the pipeline involved in the Refugio Oil Spill nine years ago. The waiver would allow Sable to bypass federal regulations on “cathodic protection,” which is supposed to prevent pipeline corrosion. Environmental groups and some local politicians are criticizing the decision.

The company responsible for the 2015 Refugio spill has agreed to a settlement that will pay the state tens-of-millions of dollars for cleanup costs.

The 2015 Refugio oil spill in Santa Barbara County dumped an estimated 140,000 gallons of crude oil onto area beaches. It also effectively shut down…

Friday marked the anniversary of the Refugio Oil Spill. On May 19, 2015, a two-foot-diameter underground pipeline named Line 901 ruptured near Santa…

The criminal indictments against the pipeline company at the center of last year's oil spill on the Santa Barbara County coast are now public…

This has not been a good week for Plains All-American Pipeline, the company at the center of last year's Refugio Oil Spill.On Tuesday, the State of…

The State of California and Santa Barbara County announced Tuesday that they are moving forward with dozens of criminal charges against the pipeline…